Jamaica 2013/2025 - 11 y.o. - (The Rum Trail)

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 48% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

This Jamaican rum's maturation brings together two climates and two types of previous cask contents. Following distillation in 2013, it spent four years in ex-bourbon casks in Jamaica. It then matured for a further seven years in Scotland, this time in second-fill rum casks. The wood influence was deliberately restrained to keep the spirit's distinctive aromas at the forefront.

The rum comes from a family estate in a valley in central Jamaica and was distilled from the estate's own molasses in a traditional double-retort pot still. Its profile combines banana bread with orange and spices, rather than focusing on the pronounced overripe fruit notes of particularly ester-rich Jamaican styles.

Elixir Distillers bottled the eleven-year-old rum in 2025 for The Rum Trail at 48%. The small batch comprises 600 bottles of 0.7 litres each. The rum is non-chill filtered and contains no additives. Hummingbirds and palm trees feature on the colourful label.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The nose recalls stewed blood oranges with cloves and rhubarb. An intense baked banana note adds to the aromas.
• Palate: The rum feels dense, warming and comforting on the palate. Bitter orange and flaked almonds meet cardamom and allspice, complemented by sultanas and banana bread batter.
• Finish: The rum fades with floral notes of orange blossom and honeysuckle on the finish.

Distillery/Bottler:

Independent bottler Elixir Distillers is behind The Rum Trail. Sukhinder Singh and his team select rums whose flavours express their origins. Their choices include both fully matured spirits and those that can gain balance through further ageing. The range encompasses different regions and distillation methods; no sugar or caramel is added.

Their approach includes deliberately combining tropical maturation with further ageing in Scottish warehouses. Cask selection is intended to support the original rum's character rather than mask it with a particularly intense finish. The bottling strength is also adjusted gradually, allowing the added water to integrate.

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